Pointalize Content Refresh
Keep your WordPress content fresh and SEO-friendly by automatically reminding you to review and update old posts and pages.
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Maintenance score
Actively maintained • Last updated 45 days ago
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Likely maintained (last update 45 days ago).
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Description
Pointalize Content Refresh automatically detects outdated posts and pages on your WordPress site and reminds you to update them — helping you maintain fresh, accurate, and SEO-optimized content.
Regularly updating your content improves search rankings, boosts user trust, and ensures your website stays relevant. The plugin works automatically, with an easy dashboard and optional email reminders.
Core Features
- Old Content Detection: Automatically finds posts and pages older than your chosen interval (default: 90 days).
- Email Notifications: Get daily or weekly reminders about content that needs review.
- Dashboard Queue: See overdue, today, and soon-to-be-due content in one place.
- Customizable Intervals: Adjust global and per-post review periods.
- Exclude Evergreen Content: Mark static pages to skip reminders.
- Snooze Option: Temporarily postpone review reminders.
- Lookahead Setting: Include upcoming items (e.g., due within 7 days) in notifications.
Why Content Updates Matter
- SEO Performance: Search engines reward regularly updated content.
- User Experience: Updated information builds visitor trust.
- Content Quality: Reviewing posts keeps your content accurate and relevant.
Compatibility
- WordPress 5.0 or higher
- PHP 7.4 or higher
- Works with all themes and content editors
Author
Developed by Phillip Rosenheinrich
License
This plugin is licensed under the GPLv2 or later license.
Installation
- Go to Plugins Add New and search for “Pointalize Content Refresh”.
- Click Install Now, then Activate.
- Open Content Refresh Settings to configure your interval and email reminders.
After activation:
1. Open Content Refresh Settings and configure your global interval, notification schedule, and filters.
2. Use Content Refresh Content Refresh to see which posts or pages are due.
3. Edit any post or page to adjust its individual interval, snooze, or exclusion settings.
Frequently Asked Questions
You can start right away with the default settings.
However, we recommend opening Content Refresh Settings once to verify everything.
It defines how many days before a post becomes due it should appear in your queue or email digest.
Example: With a 7-day lookahead, posts due within the next week will be marked as “soon”.
That checkbox marks a post or page as not relevant for the content fresh check and will be excluded.
Yes. Each post and page includes a Content Refresh box in the editor sidebar of a post or page.
You can set a custom interval, snooze date, or exclude it from reminders entirely.
Whenever you start the first check, at that time the cron job will be started and executed daily or weekly.
Yes. In the plugin settings, simply uncheck Enable notifications.
The queue will still work inside the “Content Refresh” dashboard.
No — it doesn’t modify your content or output schema.
It’s a management tool that helps you keep your content updated, which indirectly benefits SEO freshness signals.
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Screenshots
Content Refresh settings page with default interval and email options
Admin queue showing overdue items
Changelog
1.0
- Initial release